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Autumn has the common bearing* of the bicVlc anil whenten leaf, with which lie, or she, in odd ly H?idtube 44 ciowned sM and Winter is ouly marked by the qualities of gloont and surltaie??. The other sketches ofpursoniliuatiou Urhis poem . aitrtmrsllght tomerlt notice4. The case is very different witJi Cowper; Ills ? powerful imagination wan equal to those crraHwe exertions which arc, perhaps, the highest triumph of poetry j and though his purpose in the Task " ditl noturgehim to frequent attempt* of tiiis-klnd, yet hehftse\hibited specimens which,In grandeur anil elegance, have scarcely ever beeu surpas sed. Ills personified figures of Winter a*n?V of Evening, will justify this assertion to every readcr susceptible ofthc charms of iiure- poetry | andy-I' think, clearly establish his claim to a higher scat on* Parnassus than that oooupied by Thomson, The descriptive matter in die Seasons is di versilled bv some little histbry pieces, the sub* jects of wftioh have a reference to that part of the year in which they are introduced^ it is generally admitted thatthe style of Thomson is. Utile suited to the narrative of common lifb.?? Destitute of vane, and wholly unlike the lan guage of real conversation, Itprovesan awkward vehicle for the dialogue and inoidfents of story telling; and though an interest is excited by the pathetic nature of the circumstances, at in the maid struck by lightning, and the man lost in the snow, it owns nothing tothe manner of narration. Cowpet*?on the contrary, was a*master iif this style. lie perfectly understood common speech, mid could readily accommodate his phraseology to his subject. The touching story of G'ra?.v Kate* nnd the various passages in which he al ludes to tho melancholy history of his own life, are examples of the true natural mode of nar rating < of w hich many more instances might be adduced from his other poems. As the versification of Thomson has been mentioned, it will he proper, by way of compar ison, to pay something of that of Cowpcr. His blank verse is in general the apparently negli gent effusion of one who, pouring out his thoughts in exuberance; does not longstudvto put them into measure. Hut he evidently possessed a musical and practised earj and his irregularities are notalways without design. It is known that in his version of Homer he |taid very particuUr atteution to the melody of his lines ami its adap tation to the subject j and if, in the Task, bin mind was more occupied with the sentiments, there are not wanting passages the How of which is remarkably harmonious. One example shall suffice for a proof of his talent in this respect llow soft the music nf tlkxe villagfe bcUs Full nf? at intcrvsU upon lite car fn cmU-iu c ?\vcci ? iniw tly nj?all away. Now pc.iling IimiiI ng:i nt niul hiKlcmtill^ Clear wi<l Mxxiioit* a* the gulccotncson. A fine ear is, then, another poetical requisite in w hich nature seems to have Wen more liberal to Oow^per than to Thomson. It would, per haps. be easy to quote from the latter, instance# in which harsh or appalling sounds are happilv imitated, for our lunguace abounds with word* which echo tones of that class : but to make fln-ili-ih verse 44 discourse eloquent music,'' is u much more difficult task. Such appear to me to be the principal charac teristics of these two original poets in that de lineation of natural objects and tho incidents of fufra! life, for which both are so ju?tlv admired. Thomson is so far entitled to the first place, that if bin minute style of painting had not ob tained' admission into English poetry, the de scriptions in the Tank ??.-jv.M probably never hjiv c existed) yetCowpcr cannot be denominat ed *> imitator In them, since his manner is en tirely i.is own, and the objects ho has represent ed ere evidently suggested by individual ob icr.ution. Hotween phe two norms no compa re ran subsistj for, while (lie Seasons \? the completion of an extensive plan, necessarily comprising a great variety of topic*? most of which would occur to every poetical mind occu* tiled in the same design, the Task owes nothlhg to a preconceived argument, hut is the extempo raneous product of tfie very singular mind and genius of the author. It had no model, andean have no parallel.?Hcjlectav. OONtiHKHS. |{l)l hK OF UKPUKHKNTATIVE8. Thursi& jti Afnft'fi 2H. The House then again resolved itself into a Committee of the whole, on the hill for the rugu futioii of the duties on import* and tonnage. M r. Middleton moved goto amend the second secti on as to admit mans* charts and drawings free of duty ; which motion wan agreed to. On sug gestion of Mr. Stearns, chemical apparatus watt aIkh included in the free article#, when imported for incorporated societies. On motion of Mr. Athertoif* gold and silver foil were added to bullion, in the list of free ar ticles. On taking up the 3d section, which im pose* 12 I-: per cent, on all article* imported after the th June next,in ships 6r vessels not of the United Sfutes<?-Kir. Smith moved that 10 percent, he submitted for 12 1-2 j which Was ?agreed to, .. ithout objection. Mr.Hmith moved to rrduce the amount to ho deducted from the duties on ui tides exported with the benefit of drawback, from 3 per cent, as proposed by the bill, to 2 1-2 per cent* On this motion a short disr /,uon ensued, alter which, the amendment was adopted by a large majority. Mr. (.owndes moved the following uroxiso to the enumeration of the artirlcs entitled to drawback > 41 Provided however, that piece goods imported 4n ships or vesstds of the United States from India, which shall have sailed Itefore the passing of tblsact, and shall arrive hctweeit the Mth of Juno IBltl and theflOlhofJuno lHI7, maybe re-exported with the benefit of drawback, and without fcttjr deduction from the amount of duties secured or jxml at anytime within twelve months from the time of importation." 'Hie proviso was ottered without the ieriods stated above, but the blanks filled up, and the amendment Anally Adopted in '. the form statM. Mr. frvhlg moved the follow ing as an addit ional section to the bill 111 That mm tbfcsotttf of entry of mercltandtie for the benefit of drmuUfcfc; the. time of 80 days ?h*U be ?H6\vc?l from the date of the entry, Topgivingthe e*pprtntion bopdi.for' .the Name t Provided, that the exporter shaft* in every other particular, comply with the regula tions and* formalities heretofore established'for entries of exportation for the-beitefit of draw back j!' which Wan adopted without? opposition uh the 3th section of the bill. nMr. Caoy then moved to atrikc out thtv wholejiectioniproviding a fund from dr&wbactia, 8cc. lor the erecti'on w custom-house*, (Sic. j which m&thm waa agreed to without a division. Mr. tnghaiir moved a long amendment, the object of which waa to r^ ducetho number of grade* of ad valorert) duty, and trunsfer tho articlea falling uudhr the rate I of &0 per cont. to other classeo?which waa a-1 greed to. On motion of Mr. I nghani the duty on .unmanufactured' wool jraa fixed nt* 7 l-? cents per lb. The committee then rose, and reported the bit) and amendmenta* which were ordered to lie on the table and be printed. The bill'- in addition to tne act regulating the Post Office eMabliahment, with the amendment* of the Senate-thoreto, wa? referred to the com* mittee on the post office and post roads. The House then went into committee of the whole, Mr. Jackson in tho chair, on tho bill sup plementary to the act laying a direct tax. Mr* Nelson of Vo. moved to' strike out tho proviso which makes the'ttpllor of a slave after toe pur chaser has entered 4uch slave as his property, .responsible for the tax as well as the purchaser ?whfcji motion was agreed to. After some in effectual attempts to nmend the hill, Mr. Lean of Ky. gft'ored an amendment, the ohjcct of which waa to compel the. assessors to attend at each courthouse in their re*|?octivcdistricts, an well when the counties exceed nix, as when they do not?which was agreed to without objection. ,/l'he committee then rose and reported the bill as amended. The House concurred in the n mendineuts, and the bill, as amended, was or dered to be engrossed for a third-reading. Snturtttiy, .IfurrA .10. Mr. Lowndes from (In* committee of Wavs and Means, reported n bill (o fix tlic commis sions of the collector* of the direct tax and in ternal duties &c.?a bill incrcasin;; the sala ries ??r certain officers of government, and a bill making appropriations for the support of th?* na vy nf the Cnited States, for the year IHltit?? which were severally twicf read and committed. Mr Tngham reported a bill concerning post-ofli 1 rex and pnst-r?ads, which was read ^.committed. fir if til iv/, 'ITiat the following Standing Com mitted! he appointed to servo during the present Congress, ami that hereafter at the commence I mcnt of the first session in cach Congress, tike committees shall bo appointed, whose duties shall continue until the first session of the tin suing Congress :?A coimnitteo on so much of the Public Accounts and Rxpenditures as re late to tlie Department of State $ a committer on so much of the Public Accounts and Expen diture* a? relate to the Treasury Department $ a committee on so much of the' Accounts and Expenditure* as relate to the Dejmrtment of War ; a committee on ho much of the Public Accounts and K&pcnditure.t as relate to the Dc partmeut ??f the Navy 1 a committee on so much of the Public Vcrount* and Expenditures as its late to tl?> Po?t-Office, and a committee on so much of the Public Accounts and Expenditure* a<* relate to Public Building*?the said commit tee* shall consist of three members eueh. It shall he the duty of the committees to examine into the state of the account* and expenditure*, respectively submitted to them, ami to inquire and report particularly, whether the exnendi tores of the respective' Department* arc justifi ed by law; whether the claims from time to time satisfied and discharged by (he respective pe partmeivt* are supported bv sufficient vouchers estahlishiug thclf justness hnth as to their cha racter and amount ? whether *uc.h claims have been discharged out of the funds appropriated therpfer, ami whether all monies havo been dis bursed in conformity with appropriation lawn } and whether an v and what provisions are neces sary to be adopted t<?proviclc more perfectly for the application of the public mojrie*, and to kc care the government: rro*o demunds unjust in their character or extravagant in their a nount. Ami it shall be moreover -the'duty of the *nid committees to report, from timd to time, wheth er any and what retrenchments can l?e made in the expenditures of the several Departments without detriment to the public service s wheth er any and what Abuses at any time exist in the failure to o ft forcc the payment of monies which may be due to the United Bute* from public de fauIters or others, and to report from time to time such provisions and arrangements as may be necessary to add to tite economy ??f tl.e several departments the accountability of their officers. The House then proceeded to consider the amendment* of the >Senatc to the bill from this house to authorise the puy mcnt for pro perty lost, captured or destroyed by the enemy I while in the public service. One of the Senate's amendments was the addition of a clause pro viding for the payment of the 40 cents per dnv stipulated to be paid for certain horses which were afterwards lost, as well as the valuo of Mch horse. Various unsuccessful amendments were offered to the amendments of the Senate j after which the latter were concurred in by this House. The following engrossed bills were severally ead the third time, passed and sent to the Se nate, to-wit i?A bill supplementary to the act laving a direct tax j a bill for the relief of cer tain purchasers of public lands in the Mississip pi territory ) a bill toennhle the people of Inili ana territory to form a constitution and stato go vernment, and be admitted into the union, on the footing of the other states; a bill to enable the people of Mississippi territory to form u con stitution and state governvient and l>e admitted into the union, and the house adjourned. Mouthy, ttyrfl 1. The Houie resolved itself into a committee of tKe whole, on the bill to increase the pensions of certain invalid- pensioners. No amendment be lag ottered, the committee rose, reported the V.Clf IJt . _Ja& miHooof tl lilfh move > amendments were rjr service far the yearJ?l& ,Vlr? addition tniho ordinary appropriations in the bill, Mr. Johnson ofKy, moved to Insert one of I J,000 dollars to pay the owners of certain vessels wink iu the fiarbor of Baltimore1014 to defend it'against the enemy?whitli hadta&vnuwHed inthennU wince bill, but withdrawn toMSe transferred to this. The amendment was agreed to without objection.. Flavins filled up tho blanks, and got through the1 bill, tho committee succes sively tbok up the bill making appropriations for the navy for tlie year 1816, and the bill to in crease the salaries of certain officers of the go vernment | which were also proceeded through f when the committee rose and reported to the House the-four bills, which it had undo# const* deration, with the amendments there to* which were ordered' to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow j and then tho house adjourned. Titrid-rif, 2. " On motion of Mr. Hopkinson, "Resolved, That a committee tie appointed to enquire in conjunction with hucIi coinniittcc as may ho ap pointed by the Senate, into the expediency of making the following Alterations in tlio mode of transacting ihe public business of Congress, to wit: That the standing committbos appointed at the commencement of any Congress, shall not be dissolved at the end of tno Mission at which tliev were appointed ; that on the adjournment ofConfp-ess the unfinished' business, to wit, bills, resolution*, uud reports of committees, shall re main over to the next session of the same Con* Kress, in the same situation as they were at the time of adjournment." Mr. Lowndes, after a few remarks, offer ed the following resolution, which was agreed to without objection. " lie solved. That the com mittee on Naval AffHira bo instructed to enquire into the expediency of so amending the laws re lating to the Marine Corps* as to reduce Che number of thatcot'ps to be retained on tHe peace establishment to a number which shall bear a just proportion to the naval fore* which it is propo sed tii keep in genrice;*' 'T*-" The amendments of the Senate to the bill in addition to the act regulating the post-office es tablishment, were taken up. That amendment of the 8enate, which struck out the 3d section of Ithe bill, which granted to the- members the pri vilege of franking during the recess,was concur ;rcd in. On .Motion of Mr. Lowndes, the House pro*' ceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole house on the bill to regulate the duties on Imports. Hie amendment of the com mittee to redu^o the duty on unmanufactured wool, from 15 to 7 1-2 iter cent, was agreed to. Mr. Forsyth then moved to reduce the duty on cottons to 20 per cent, from June next. ThU motion was discussed at length | and aecldad in the negative* 09 to (13. Mr. Wright then, after declaring his belief that many members had voted on tli? question, who, from being interest ed in its decision were of right excluded by n rule of the llouitc, submitted a resolution to re ject the votes of those members interested in any manufactory of cotton. Before the question was nut on this resolution, a motion was wado to adjourn, and carried. WedtvmUtjt, .1/nil 3. The House were principally occupied this day on the bill regulating the Tariff of Duties? their proceeding* on which shall be detail ed hereafter. Friday, .tfrrif 5. On motion of Mr. Hetts, a Re solved t That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to enquire into the expediency of establishing an uniform mode of trial and punishment for all offences recognizable by the Courts of the U. S." The House then agreed to consider the a inendment* of the Senate to the (tank bill. Mr. Itandolph moved that the whole subject be in definitely postponed. This motion produced a long and warm de bate, and was finally decided in the negative, 91 to t>7. Tlio amendment* of the Senate were then, after some ineffectual attempt* to amend them, severally concurred in. SKNATK. Saturday, fnreh 30. N The Henate resumed the consideration of the bill to incoi-|ioratc the subscribers to the Hank of the United States. A new section was offered by Mr. Uoldsborouuh, in the following words t And be it enacted, that if at any time the U< State* shall cease to hold stock in this bank, the live Directors on the part of the United States and Ihe power herein given to the President by and with theadvicc and consent of tlio Senate to appoint Directors shall immediately cea*e | and that for every million foar hundred thou sand dollars of nahl stock which the U. States may part with, there shall be an abridgment of, the power of appointing one out of the Ave Di rector* heretofore provided for." On thU a mendinent a debate took place, and the Senate adjourned without having taken the question. .Woiulny, .1/iril 1. Tim Senate resumed tlio consideration, in committee, of the bill from the IIouho to incor porate die subscribers to the Hank of the United States?Mr. Varnuin in the chair?The amend ment offered by Mr. Uoldborough on Saturday was nogatived, aytu 10, noes IH. Mr. Brown offered an amendrticnt, excluding the United States as a stockholder from being represented in the choice of Directors, lie.?Agreed to. Mr. Welts moved the post|Minemeiit of the bill to the next session, which was negatived, ayes 10, noes 2D. On motion of Mr. Campbell, the time for taking the subscriptions was extended from six to twenty days. On motion of Mr. Campbell, another amendment was adopted rc Mvo totta establishment orBranchcs in (ho Vn?P II In# reported to tho So- j irore ordered to bo print*' the Senate went into " eta. Jie consideration of the bill to'incorporato tho Stibjcribora to the Bank of tho United-StaUfli* The amendments made )n counnitteo-of fho whole- having beo'n concur* 'red iu?after vomo amendment h, nflcctln^ no principle, the MH WU read u third time and uas soil, yeas flft, nays 12. f/4. MrrNewton Opooithe committee of commerce and manufactured'reported a bill declaring the coiiHcnt of Compel* to an act of the Legislature | of 8<>utli Carolina* authorising the City Couh cil of Charlostufa to lay a duty oh'ti e tonnage of vessels arriving from foreign ports, for ccrtahi purposes | which was twico read and committed. Tho Houho resumed the conplderatloa of tho report of tho committee of tho whole, onrtHeblll to regelate tho duties on irai>orts?.Rfr. Picker ing's motion to rcduce tho proposed duly on In dia cottonn, to tho rate of the present double duties, for one year from the first of M'arclt next* wa?t after debate, carried by a largo ma jority. After some time occupied in tho contii* deration of other propositions the House ad* journed. fiatunkiy, .Iprll 6. Mr. Calhoun from the conimitteo on a Ns tional Currency, reported a bill for the more ef fectual collection of the revenue of tho United States, which was twice read and committed. The House then again resumed the consider ation of tho bill to regulate the duties on im ports and tonnage. The remainder of the day was occupicd in the discussion of various pro* positions to amend the bill, none of iHiich, how* ever, of an important character, prevailed. At a: late luur the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and the House adjourned. FOREIGN. "THE HOLY LKAtiUlC.** In the name of the Itolu and Indivisible Tri nity.?Their Majesties, tne Kinperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Ktujicror of Hussia, in consequence of tlx groat ovonta which have distinguished, in Kurope, the course of the $hrM last years, ond especially of the blessing* which it has pleased Divine Providence to shed upon thoat states whose governments have placed, their confidence ami their hope in ltalone?hay? ing acquired the thorough conviction, that it is necessary for ensuring their continuance, th#t,.. the several towers, in their mutual relations,* dout tho sublime truth* which are pointed out to usuy the eternal religion of tlio Saviour God Declare solemnly, that the present act has no other object than to ?he*y the face of tho uni verse their unwavering determination to admit for tho only rule oftheir conduct both in the administration of their reactive states, and in | their political relations with every other govern ment* .tho. precepts ?Ml^? My* religion, the precepts of justice, of crnnty and oT iknett,' which, far front being solely applicable to private life, ought on t|ie contrary, directly to influ ence the ropolutions of priuces, and to guido all their undertakings* as being the only mean* of giving stability to hunian institutions, and of re medying their lm|>erfections. Their Majesties have tlicrefore agreed to the following articles t Art. 1. In conformity with the words of tho lloly Scriptures, which command all men to re garu one another as brethren, the three con trading monarchs will remain united by the bonds of a true and indissoluble fraternity, and considering each other as compatriots, they will lend one another on every occasion, and in everyplace, assistance, aid, and support! and regarding their subjects anil armies, as the fa thers of their families, they will govern them in the spirit of fraternity \\ itli which they aro anima ted, lor the protection of religion, peace & justice. Art. 2. Therefore the only governing princi ple between tho above mentioned governments and their subjects, shall be that of rendering re ciprocal servicer.: of testifying by an unaltera bly Jjpueficenco the mutual affection with which they ought to lie animated ; of considering all as only the members of ono christian nation, tho three allied princes looking U|m>ii themselves as delcguti'd by Providence to govern three branch es of the name family, to wit 2 Austria, Prussia and Itucxia ; confessing likew ise, that tho chris tian nation of which thev and their people form a part, have really no other sovereign than him to whom alone power brlong:* of light, becauso in hint alone are found all tlio treasures of love, of science and of wisdom > that is to say, Clod, our divino Saviour Jesus Christ, tho word of the. Most High, the word of life. Their Majestic* therefore recommcud, with tho most tender so licitude to their people, as the only means of en oying that peace which spring* from a good con science and which alone is durable, to Ibrtily themselves every day more and more in tho principles and exercise of tlio duties which tho divine Haviour has pointed out to us. Art. 3. All powers which wish solemnly to profess the sacred principles which have dicta ted this act, and who shall acknowledge how important it is to the happiness of nations, too long disturb^!, that those truths shall henceforth exercise upon human destinies, all the iiiflueuro which belongs to them, shall be received with as much readiness as affection into this holy alliance. Made, tripartite, and signed at Paris, in tho vear of our Lord 1813, on the 14th of Hept. FHANUia, pnr.ttttfttc wu.i.iam, AI.PA ANlH'lt. Jfer/ffmorr, Jlpril <J??A mercantile friend tiaa politely favored us with Bordeaux papers to tho 20th of February, and Paris papers to the 14th. They are entirely destitute of interest, and mention no further disturbances in France.-? Captain Brnnclot has communicated the follow ing for publication, that out shipmasters may learn the dangerous conieqoeucet of hoUttog